Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Ardeidae > Genus Egretta

Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Egretta*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ardea gularis*	Bosc, 1792	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Westelijke rifreiger sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: western reef egret ; western reef heron; western reef-egret sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Western Reef Egret ; Western Reef-egret sources: African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement;english PESI focal point

French: aigrette à gorge blanche sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Küstenreiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Θαλασσοτσικνιάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): לבנית ים-סוף sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: rifinis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: czapla rafowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: береговая цапля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: obalna čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: garceta dimorfa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kıyı balıkçılı

Literature

basis of record	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212665

Drs Cees Roselaar. Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96654